Florida is set to execute the 48-year-old Tanzi by lethal injection for the 2000 rape and murder of former Miami Herald ...

A man convicted of killing a woman who was abducted on her lunch break from her job at The Miami Herald is facing execution.

Twenty-five years after confessing to the brutal rape and murder of Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta, Michael Tanzi is scheduled to be executed.

Michael Tanzi is scheduled to die via lethal injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison for the kidnapping and murder of Janet ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, who was found guilty of murdering Janet Acosta, 49, in 2003, is set to face the ultimate punishment on ...

Michael Tanzi, 48, who faces execution for murdering Janet Acosta, 49, may be spared the death penalty due to his obesity and ...

A death row inmate in Florida is asking for mercy due to his “morbid” obesity. Michael Tanzi, 48, wants “leniency” for his ...

Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...

Lawyers for a death row prisoner in Florida have filed a last-ditch effort to prevent his execution, citing that his weight would complicate the lethal injection procedure. Michael Tanzi ...

The morbidly obese killer’s defense team argued his planned lethal injection would violate the Eighth Amendment, which protects against forms of cruel and unusual punishment.

Michael Tanzi is set to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday for the 2000 murder of a Miami Herald employee ...

Michael Tanzi pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2003 and was convicted of first-degree murder after he assaulted, abducted, robbed ...